>I wish I could say that SVG is only a recommendation at this point, but
>unfortunately, "recommendation" is the W3C word for "standard", just as RFC
>is the IETF's word for standard.
This is not true. The IETF uses the word "standard" for standard. See
<ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1796.txt> "Not All RFCs are
Standards".
>SVG became a standard, i.e, "recommendation" in W3G terminology, just under
>one month ago:
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/
> "W3C Recommendation 04 September 2001"
>
....
>
>--
>Daniel
Donald